A+E Networks is to begin the roll-out of a new entertainment channel in the UK on digital terrestrial platform Freeview and pay TV service Sky next month.
Blaze will launch on September 20 as a free-to-air (FTA) channel and TV Everywhere service, offering live streaming and catch-up to viewers in the UK and Ireland.

The channel will bring together existing A+E franchises such as Pawn Stars and American Restoration under a new brand that “celebrates extraordinary, determined and courageous characters,” the company said.

Other series set to feature in Blaze’s launch line-up include Mountain Men, The First 48 and Unusual Suspects.

It’s A+E Networks’ first FTA launch in the UK, and follows the roll-out of Lifetime as an FTA channel in Turkey in April.